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Volvobrage's widened 242

29.01.13

Traded this for some welding with a friend, will shine it up a little bit and maybe use it for something on the car:)
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31.01.13

Cutted out some reinforcementplates for the front suspension, not sure if I will use it tough
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01.02.13

To boxes in the mail today, this is for the front
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And my threadtubings for the front suspension
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Also visited the workshop so finished welding the rear fender:)
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Last time this "transision" was never perfect and it bothered me..But now I think it looks good!
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02.02.13

Attached the rear fender to the lower quarter panel
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Trimmed the edge
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Finished welding and grinding under
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With the wheel on:)The wheelarch looks much better now!
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On the other side I will do like this, saves me from one welding/grinding and alot of adjustment with the insert piece..Should have tought about this before:rofl:
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Was not sure what to do about the tires, but I have decided to go for 265/35:)On the picture its 255/35
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03.02.13

Spotted the lower piece here, looks not straight but I will trim the edge on the underside after welding:)Its to low no
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Spottet the lower quarter panel and trimmed it to fit
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Spotted
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Cutted the same piece out of the inner wheelhousing on this side also, looks much better!
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Was planning to start on the front fenders, but one of the looked a little crocked..After some grinding I found out it was garbage:wtf:
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04.02.13

Got the threds on the front suspension:)The pipe was almost 1mm to small in the inside diameter, but I managde to fit it after alot of grinding
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06.02.13

Started on this just to have something small to do..Everything looked like the brown part before sanding
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Some wounds
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Looks like this inside
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After splitting
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Its lying in a box with whitesprit over the night now:)


07.02.13

More splitting, found to m4 z-screws
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The withesprit did a good job:)
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09.02.13

Finished sanding everything except the "hook"..Hard to capture on cellphone pictures, but it has a cool "flat" surface
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2fast242gt said:
It could be a good stash place for greenery lol
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MadDog_945 said:
looks like an exhaust flapper ;)
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Haha:p One of my friends also tought it was an exhaust flapper:lol:


09.02.13

Tested to widened one of the front fenders since I needed new ones anyway(this one is rusted and have been chrased)
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15mm in the top, but I think it was little bit to much..Not sure if I will widen the new ones or not, time will show..To fenders from a USA:-)cool:) imported car are on the way = no rust!
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Beside from that I think it looks good, but hard to see with this hight and rims in the front:lol:
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Finished welding the lower quarter panel
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Last check with the wheel on
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Drilled for welding
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Marked for the new piece
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While I was waiting for the welding paint to dry I trimmed the lighthousings
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Looks strange on the pictures, but I think it looks good in reality
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Spotted the new piece
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Testing with the wheel again, been on and off "a couple" og times the last month:-P
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Nices ending on the lower quarter panel here, need to fix the other one the same
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11.02.13

Finished welding the rear fender:)But need to weld it to the lower quarter panel next weekend
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Small problem, the lower quarter panel have a smaaaal angel going up in the end:-(It really bugs me, but nothing to do about it so I just have to live with it
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Rectilinear said:
Keep up the great work, it is truly inspiring!
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AllisonCustoms said:
Great work! I wasn't planning on widening my own car - Until I saw yours.
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Thaks guys!Your comments are truly inspiring to me!Its nice when people like the modifications I do:)Hope the finish product will look good..


12.02.13

Put the last ballbearing spacer in the lathe today
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Finish!
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Welded the original hole where the pipe are attached with welding to the spindel and welded the hole I made when drilling out the old welding
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Cutted away the brakeline brackets and grinded start-stop on the weldings
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13.02.13

Last picture togheter before I press the otherone togheter to:-P
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Got this grinded away, so the worst job is done:-P
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Started on a intake manifold for a friend, so that took alot of time..Have welded what you see on the picture, need to assemble the plenum and weld that also
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14.02.13

Welded on an bungs and plate on the top and bottom of the radiator for a friend
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And intercooler - intake pipe for another guy
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17.02.13

Got this on friday, brand new cover with brand new lid for the original fog light switch
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Welded the rear fender to the lower quarter panel
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Cleaned up the edges inside and made ready for the new covers
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Welded the innerfender to the outer fender again
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Tested a front wheel, 20mm spacer + 6mm washers..Little bit to wide, but I want to go for 20mm later:)Only put the washers on beacause I was to lazy to cut the wheel bolts shorter:roll:
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Should be enogh space for coilovers here with 20mm spacers also
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Neds a bit more lowering
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Temporary paint..Good space in the wheelhouse:)
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Finished both the covers for the inner fender
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Mounted this so I didnt need to **** my pants when I rolled the car out from the workshop:-PThe downhill outside the workshop is not buildt for lowered cars:grrr:
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